Thanks to all of you who entered your precious meads and made the 4th annual Valhalla-The Meading of Life a delicious success this year! This year we experienced a substantial increase in entries-thank you all! We received a total of 102 entries from many brewers. The meads were fantastic and we enjoyed a long day of judging. The following are our winners for this year:

24 Traditional meads (16 entries)
24B-Semi-sweet (10 entries)
1st place: Lyle Brown Sage Delight
2nd place: Lyle Brown Fire on the Mountain

24C-Sweet (6 entries)
1st place: Ed Walkowski Orange Blossom Mead '07
2nd place: Geoff Hall Geoff's Sweet Sack Mead
3rd place: Chris Clair Rocket Fuel

25 A Pyments and 25B Cysers (11 entries)
1st place: Dennis Pierson Sweet Cyser
2nd place: Ed Walkowski St. Pepin Pyment
3rd place: Chris Clair Not Al's Cyser

25C Melomels (29 entries)
1st place: Gary Weston The Big P
2nd place: Ed Walkowski Black Current Melomel '07
3rd place: Don Larsen Apricot Mead
Honorable Mention: Howard Curran Blue Bayou

26A Metheglins (15 entries)
1st place: Steven Thomas Bog myrtle, Labrador tea and Bee Balm Mead
2nd place: Don Larsen Vanilla Bean and Cinnamon Stick Mead
3rd place: Ed Walkowski Lavender Metheglin

26B Braggots and 26C Other Meads (31 entries)
1st place: Howard Curran Ulee's Gold
2nd place: Melissa Jaarsma Agave Mead
3rd place: Howard Curran X'mas Mead
Honorable Mention: Micah Dubinko Chocolate Mead

1st place: Lyle Brown, Sage Delight
2nd place: Ed Walkowski, Orange Blossom Mead '07
3rd place: Steven Thomas, Bog myrtle, Labrador tea and Bee Balm Mead

Thanks again for sharing your meads and we look forward to your entries in the Valhalla competition next year!